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by viraptor 127 days ago
Please don't call people randomly. Unless you're offering him a job which is what the resume is for...

When the linkedin is down, medium is left unattended, the personal domain is not working, we can reasonably guess he doesn't (or is unable to) care about the project or online presence anymore.
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AndrewDucker 127 days ago
You don't have to call them.

You can use WhatsApp, Signal, or SMS. Drop them a message, see if you get a reply.

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pogue 127 days ago
I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest?

Give them a call, you're not harassing them. If they choose not to answer or call back a voice mail number, then you can presume they don't want to be contacted.

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viraptor 127 days ago
> Give them a call, you're not harassing them.

Before posting this idea online... Maybe, possibly, but personally I still think it's a bad idea.

After posting this on HN - no! If you think it's a good idea, so will other people reading this. (And others have before you) After the post reaches the front page - absolutely no - there's a bunch of socially awkward people already thinking about calling the author and they really should NOT DO THAT.

The author owes us absolutely nothing and if they want to disappear, that's their right. Calling them is demanding their time in a not trivial to ignore way. Just write an email that can be deleted async.

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webglfan 127 days ago
You are right: it is silly, but also, given the amount of robo-calls in the US, cold calling someone you don't know is a good way to be put on auto-spam.

If you really want to reach out, his email seems to be the way he prefers to be reached, so that's what I'd recommend.

PS: He did some commits to his personal website about 1.5 years ago: https://github.com/Hopding/Hopding.github.io/commits/master

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D13Fd 127 days ago
> I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest?

I agree it’s silly. But it’s also the prevailing view that I’ve seen.

I still answer calls, even if 95% of them these days are either phishing attempts or vendors trying to sell me stuff. But my friends will text me first and say “can I call you” even if I say they can just call.

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